District 2

SHAYLA LYNCH

District 3

District 4

Brenda Mon Rrez

Tayna Fogle is a community organizer and an advocate for voting rights. She was elected to represent the 1st District on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council in November 2022.

Tayna was born and raised in the 1st District and graduated from Lafayette High School.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Therapeutic Recreation from the University of Kentucky, where she played basketball and was Team Captain of the 1982 SEC Champion Lady Kats.

The first district boundaries include portions of downtown Lexington north of Main Street, including the east end neighborhood, parts of the west end and as far north as Interstate 75. Some of the major corridors in the District include Georgetown Street, Newtown Pike, Russell Cave Road, N. Limestone, N. Broadway and Midland Avenue.

There are over 15 neighborhood parks and community centers, including two parks that are more than 100 years old, Duncan Park and Douglass Park. Many of the District’s downtown neighborhoods are on the National Register of Historic Places, such as homes on Constitution Street, Elsmere Park and Gratz Park.

Councilmember Shayla

D. Lynch was elected in November 2022 to represent the Second District.

Shayla is a proud native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky and is a 1997 graduate of Hopkinsville High School. In 2001 she graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and is a 2004 graduate of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. She is a proud graduate of Leadership Lexington, and serves as the Executive Director of the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.

The 2nd District extends from West Main Street to Newtown inside of New Circle Road. Outside of New Circle Road, it extends from Leestown Road to Newtown Pike and includes Citation Blvd, Mercer Road and Spurr Road.

Neighborhoods located in the 2nd District include St. Martin’s Village, Griffin Gate, Georgetown Street Area, Masterson Station, Coventry, Kearney Hall and Belmont Farms, to name just a few.

It is home to Sandersville Elementary School, Coventry Oak Elementary School, STEAM Academy, Locust Trace AgriScience Center, Rise STEM Academy for Girls and the Black and Williams Neighborhood Center.

Hannah LeGris was elected as Lexington’s 3rd District representative in November 2020. She works as a career counselor and educator at the University of Kentucky. LeGris moved to Lexington at the beginning of her career to serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA in youth literacy programming. She has over a decade of experience in the non-profit, private, and educational sectors, while currently serving on several nonprofit boards, like the International Book Project and CivicLex.

The 3rd District includes much of downtown and many of the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Kentucky. There are 12 active Neighborhood Associations in the 3rd District including Aylesford Place, Bell Court, Columbia Heights, Historic South Hill, Mentelle, Neighbors of Montclair, North Elizabeth Street, Pensacola Park, Seven Parks, South End, Transylvania Park, and WGPL. The 3rd District features ten public parks and plazas such as the UK Arboretum, and the future home of Town Branch Commons.

Councilmember Brenda Monárrez was elected to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council in November 2022.

She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Gatton College of Business & Economics at the University of Kentucky, where she studied management and economics.

She has international business experience, previously working for Lexmark International, where she oversaw service and support operations in 12 countries as a part of the Latin America division. She has also been a housing advocate, working to increase homeownership across the state as a part of the Kentucky Housing Corporation.

The 4th Council District begins behind the Arboretum and is situated between Nicholasville Rd and portions of Tates Creek Rd, Man O War Blvd, and West Hickman Creek.

The district is home to The Summit at Fritz Farm, along with Kirklevington Park, Meadowbrook Park, Wildwood Park, Belleau Woods Park, Southpoint Park, and Veterans Park. It is also home to the Tates Creek Branch of the Lexington Public Library and three public schools: Southern Elementary, Southern Middle, and Lansdowne Elementary.

District 5

LIZ SHEEHAN